21 March 2018

Progress in the studio

A worktop is ready for Wednesday's task - woodblock printing, carrying on from the class, which has finished for the term.

Not perfect, but there's enough space to spread out a bit. And woodblock printing is meant to be a "compact" sort of production.

Hidden in the far distance is a radio - it will be a morning of listening to whatever's on Radio4. When I was still working in the day job, it was my dream to spend the days in the studio with the radio on in the background. Now, I'd just as soon have silence ... though of course there's the temptation of podcasts ... which did not exist in the days of the day job.

I keep finding items that need to be documented before being passed on -

A collection of broken car mirrors, found in the street

From a Tate carrier bag - what a good idea to have ART, ratherthan logos, on (paper) carrier bags

Menu from a Paris restaurant - 1994 - prices in francs

Can you believe it, a collection of Russian toilet paper -from the plane and various hotels and bars, 1995(these had been rediscovered in an earlier studio reorganisation)

An idea - unsuccessful - for the "Underfoot at the V&A" project

Years ago, the London region of the Quilters Guild had an annualcelebrity lecture - this may have been the last; I was involved inthe regional newsletter and flier production at that point

1999 - I was part of Fibre Art London, exhibiting at Leighton House,London and also in Broadstairs, Kent

Creative memories from the early 2000s - pergola at West Dean, on my first visit there; felt stitched with a poem (Mornings Like This);indigo dyeing from City Lit;a fling with clothing as a subject; and the quilt that nearly cost me my relationship

"The view from my chair", June 1992, on an A5 envelope

4x6 cards from a larger series, each a textile collage made quickly beforegoing to work; they were how I kept the creative momentum going duringa time when life seemed to be just work and sleep, work and sleep

Sunsets, much the same round the worldPetworth, Chillon, London, Vancouver

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Tuesday is Drawing Day - why not join in, wherever you are, any or every Tuesday? Find somewhere that has interesting things - it needn't be a museum, it could be your own home! - and just draw, using whatever media you want. Ask some friends to join you, then have a nice lunch.

The London group has grown to the point where it's getting difficult to find a cafe table large enough, and reluctantly I must say that it is no longer open to new members.

6 Nov - Horniman

13 Nov - V&A, furniture gallery

20 Nov - Wellcome Collection

27 Nov - National Portrait Gallery

4 Dec - Science Museum, flight gallery perhaps

11 Dec - Tate Britain

18 Dec - Janet K's

8 Jan 2019 - Natural History Museum (pm)

15 Jan - Maritime Museum

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I had work in "A Letter in Mind" at the Oxo Gallery, September 2017 and again in 2018.